---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-003111"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCPC"
cik: "0000009326"
company_name: "BALCHEM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:50:10.943938+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Balchem Q4 record sales $213M (+17.9% YoY); adj. EPS $0.85; dividend up 10.3%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $213.1M (+17.9% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.76, adjusted EPS $0.85 (up from $0.83).
- Full year net sales $799M (+13.6%); GAAP EPS $2.94 record, adjusted EPS $3.57.
- Record Q4 adjusted EBITDA $45.6M (+4.7%); FY adjusted EBITDA $189.8M (+8.9%).
- Increased quarterly dividend to $0.64/share (+10.3%), 12th consecutive year of double-digit growth.
- Q4 ops cash $44.5M; free cash flow $124.4M FY; net debt reduced to $5.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-003111
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCPC
- cik: 0000009326
- company_name: BALCHEM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828022003111/0001628280-22-003111-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000162828022003111/bcpc-20220218.htm

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